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György Kroó in memoriam

Introduction

Written in memory of the distinguished Hungarian musicologist Kroó György, In memoriam practically transcends sound. The simplest of slow descending scales seem to depict footsteps to—or within—another world; sometimes the traveller’s steps falter, as if he were finding his way in the darkness of night. The music is almost impersonal; only the three ‘gypsy’ intervals (augmented seconds) openly express a sense of loss. The rest is a luminous farewell, a last glimpse of one who has entered ‘The undiscover’d country, from whose bourn/No traveller returns’.

Recordings

This recording presents Britain’s best-loved cellist in partnership with a composer and pianist of genius. It features classic works by Liszt, Fauré and Janácek, and music written for Steven Isserlis by György Kurtág and Thomas Adès himself.» More